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Super Anarchist
Yeah, from the front page, and Ed's lament thereon:
https://sailinganarchy.com/2021/12/07/circle-jerk-3/
Not a new topic, it comes up from time to time, typically without getting any real traction.
So, how to do it?
Invite your nonwhite friends (you do have some, right?) out for a sail. Repeat frequently.
Support community sailing centers, where you can get out and sail without a ton of money, and get lessons as needed. Talk it up to anyone with cred in the, uh, nonsailing community, who can maybe make part of the learning a STEM-related learning thing for geometry and trig for the high-schoolers, and talk sailing up generally with friends who would not have considered it otherwise.
Start young, with middle and high-schoolers.
Growing up, I didn't give it much thought. And in Marblehead in the '50s and 60s, there were no black residents at all living there. And the yacht clubs--it was news when the Eastern YC accepted their first--wait for it--Catholic member. And the Dolphin was the Jewish Yacht Club.
New Orleans is a much more target-rich environment, half the city and most of the political class is of color. And still we haven't made much progress. I hope that changes, and we get more folks at the community sailing facility. It is starting to happen.
Stay tuned...
https://sailinganarchy.com/2021/12/07/circle-jerk-3/
Not a new topic, it comes up from time to time, typically without getting any real traction.
So, how to do it?
Invite your nonwhite friends (you do have some, right?) out for a sail. Repeat frequently.
Support community sailing centers, where you can get out and sail without a ton of money, and get lessons as needed. Talk it up to anyone with cred in the, uh, nonsailing community, who can maybe make part of the learning a STEM-related learning thing for geometry and trig for the high-schoolers, and talk sailing up generally with friends who would not have considered it otherwise.
Start young, with middle and high-schoolers.
Growing up, I didn't give it much thought. And in Marblehead in the '50s and 60s, there were no black residents at all living there. And the yacht clubs--it was news when the Eastern YC accepted their first--wait for it--Catholic member. And the Dolphin was the Jewish Yacht Club.
New Orleans is a much more target-rich environment, half the city and most of the political class is of color. And still we haven't made much progress. I hope that changes, and we get more folks at the community sailing facility. It is starting to happen.
Stay tuned...
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